Swap-Frag Preparation

[masterswimmer]

Are you ready to be handling your new critters? Don't get caught without the necessary safety precautions we should all be using to protect our health from some very powerful palytoxins found in our reefs.

Aqua Gloves


Don't just add the coral frags you purchase/trade/win without properly treating them with the appropriate dips to avoid unwanted pests in your tank.

Flatworm Exit
Two Little Fishies Revive Coral Cleaner
Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure
Brightwell Aquatics MediCoral Dip

These dips and treatments aren't only for infected animals. They can and should be used as a prophylactic, precautionary treatment. I NEVER add any LR or coral to my tank without at least a Flatworm Exit dip.

Now is the time to pickup these great products while you can take advantage of our Saltwater Critters MR Swap coupon code:
MRSWAP097

See everyone at the swap.
Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

In answer to almost all the PM's, yes, we've got all the products in the 1st post IN STOCK.

Thanks for asking,
Russ

 

[masterswimmer]

THIS IS A RE-POST OF MY POST IN ALEX'S 'Please be careful...' WARNING THREAD. IT IS APPROPRIATE HERE AS WELL. Feel better Alex. :grouphug:

Just LAST WEEK I posted this thread, 'Swap - Frag Preparation' with this exact type of precaution outlined.

In a nutshell I suggested that in the coming weeks we were going to have hoards of reefers with hands/arms buried deep in our tanks looking to collect all the tiny frags we can find, inverts we can accumulate and critters we can locate to trade, sell, give or donate at the swap. Invariably this type of occurrence was going to happen. Alex, I'm sorry it was you.

To the rest of you reading this thread, we will be bringing a few pairs of Aqua Gloves to the swap. It is unbelievably appropriate to take the necessary precautions to protect yourself. As painful as Alex's bristleworm 'attack' was, be glad he didn't encounter any palytoxins to wreak havoc on his respiratory system. DEATH is often the outcome from misdiagnosed and/or delayed treatment. Don't let this be you or anyone you know.

This is serious business and the casual reefer might not know anything about these deadly toxins in their own living room. They are present in so many zoanthid type, palythoa polyps that it is virtually impossible to visually determine if the ones in your tank are the killers at large.

Does this sound over dramatized? Ask Alex if those bristles hurt. Many of you don't know Aaron, another reefer on our board from years ago. He was fragging some zoa's, or palythoa's and one of them squirted its 'juices'. Not so lucky Aaron caught that squirt right in his eye. He was blinded in that eye for days. He didn't know if he was going to regain his sight again. Nervewracking? I'd say so. Preventable? Most definitely. Gloves and a pair of safety goggles and Aaron would have been saved a trip to the hospital, multiple trips to ophthalmologists and countless hours of aggravation and uncertainty about his vision.

Please be responsible to yourself and your family. Nobody wants to have problems. And nobody especially wants to have problems stemming from the relaxing hobby we all love.

Alex, best of luck with your recovery from that painful looking attack.
Russ

 

[KuyaMark]

Russ i'll take one of those gloves

 

[masterswimmer]

Russ i'll take one of those gloves

Sounds good Mark. We'll have it with us tomorrow.

Looking forward to another great show.

Russ